Published on: Thursday, May 20, 2021
By: Bernama
Crocker Range Park - unesco.org.my / Bernama
Kota Kinabalu: Working in the midst of Sabah’s untouched forests is no easy feat but for Simun Limbawang, head of the Inobong substation in Penampang, it is all in a day’s work.
This substation is among the eight located in various parts of the state’s largest terrestrial park Crocker Range Park, which spreads over 46,500 hectares of forested land across eight districts and is managed by Sabah Parks. The park’s main station is located in Keningau.
Simun, 57, who has been in charge of the substation since 2017, said the Inobong substation started operating in 2003 as an information and research centre in the northern part of the Crocker Range Park, with 27.4 percent of the park under its jurisdiction.
Published on: Friday, December 11, 2020
By: FMT
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A visitor receiving an adoption certificate from Sabah Parks assistant research officer Barry Richard Yamie (left).
Kota Kinabalu: The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on many lives – even that of the turtles of the Sabah Parks.
The turtle nest adoption programme has seen a fall in participation, from 650 last year to just 120 until the end of September this year. The number of adoptions had been increasing from 103 nests at the launching of the programme in 2016.
Many of those who “adopted” the nests have been tourists who have visited Turtle Islands Park, about 40km from the east coast district of Sandakan where endangered Hawksbill and Green turtles land almost every night to lay their eggs at Pulau Selingan, Bakungan Kechil and Gulisan.
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